Nechochwen

True. And I would be all for having crumple thresholds and other deformation parameters, the problem is that the current connection points are mathematical points and they have nonzero torque limits. Frankly I believe that this is the root cause of "The Kraken".

I am certain most everyone here has built and launched a tall, skinny, rocket and experienced the "Noodle Effect" where as the rocket ascends it begins to bend around the point connections between parts. How difficult would it be to pre-model the envelope and dry mass distribution of a vehicle for each stage and then only use that baked object for physics calculations?